Athens News Agency: News in English, 03-08-21

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

CONTENTS

[01] Weather Forecast: Sunny on Thursday

[02] Foreign Exchange Rates - Thursday

[03] PM sends letters of condolences to Annan over Baghdad bombing

[01] Weather Forecast: Sunny on Thursday

Sunny weather is forecast in all parts of the country on Thursday, with scattered cloud in the north only in the afternoon and the possibility of sporadic showers, mainly in the mountainous regions. Winds northerly, light to strong, turning very strong in the Aegean. Temperatures in the north will range from 18C to 35C; in western Greece from 20C to 37C; and in the Aegean islands from 23C to 33C. Temperatures in Athens between 25C and 35C; and in Thessaloniki from 22C to 33C.

[02] Foreign Exchange Rates - Thursday

Reference buying rates per euro released by the European Central Bank

U.S. dollar 1.119

Pound sterling 0.702

Danish kroner 7.493

Swedish kroner 9.327

Japanese yen 132.5

Swiss franc 1.555

Norwegian kroner 8.372

Cyprus pound 0.590

Canadian dollar 1.563

Australian dollar 1.704

[03] PM sends letters of condolences to Annan over Baghdad bombing

Prime Minister Costas Simitis sent a letter to United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan offering his condolences for the murderous attack against the UN headquarters that cost 24 lives, among them UN representative in the Iraqi capital Sergio Vieira de Mello.

?Greece condemns in the most definite way such heinous acts of terrorism against people, who worked for peace and security in Iraq,? Simitis added.

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